美国运输安全官员周日表示，上周在新奥尔良密西西比河撞击一艘停靠的明轮游船的沥青油轮，曾发生操舵问题，其舵卡在一个位置。
Nov 15 - The asphalt tanker vessel that struck a docked paddlewheel cruise boat in the Mississippi River at New Orleans last week experienced a steering problem in which its rudder was stuck in one position, US transportation safety officials said on Sunday.
美国邮轮公司的客船“美国传承号”船上载有190人，在码头倾覆，但碰撞中无人死亡。
The American Cruise Lines passenger vessel American Heritage, with 190 people aboard, capsized at the dock, though no one was killed in the collision.
国家运输安全委员会高级海事事故调查员巴特·巴纳姆在新奥尔良的新闻发布会上说，“大西洋沥青号”油轮正逆流而上时，遭遇“操舵事故”，其舵保持在右舷位置，导致船只向河流东岸偏离。
The Atlantic Asphalt tanker was headed upriver when it experienced a "steering casualty" in which its rudder stayed in a starboard position and the vessel veered toward the river's east bank, National Transportation Safety Board senior marine accident investigator Bart Barnum told a news conference in New Orleans.
国家运输安全委员会官员表示，他们不知道导致操舵问题的原因。该油轮的航行数据记录器于周六被找回。
NTSB officials said they do not know what caused the steering problem. The tanker's voyage-data recorder was recovered on Saturday.
官员称，调查内容包括油轮的锚是否已抛出，如果是，抛出深度多少，以及对船员和乘客进行访谈。他们表示，对“大西洋沥青号”船员的访谈计划在未来一周内进行。
Issues under investigation include whether the tanker's anchors were deployed and, if so, at what depth, as well as interviews with crew members and passengers, officials said. Interviews with the crew of the Atlantic Asphalt are scheduled over the next week, they said.
港口人员、消防员和围观者在碰撞后争分夺秒将乘客从游船上拉到安全处。游船翻入河中。
Harbor personnel, firefighters and onlookers scrambled to pull passengers from the cruise vessel to safety after the collision. The cruise vessel toppled over into the river.